All fans and followers of the hit TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) could and should agree that there’s… Read more Barney’s Business
Category: Writing
My Faustian Choice
MEPHISTOPHELES And then you’ll speak of faith and love eternal, of a single, overpowering urge— will that flow so… Read more My Faustian Choice
Confession of a Visionary Voyeur
I like observing people, even more so if they don’t notice. I don’t know why or what exactly, but there’s… Read more Confession of a Visionary Voyeur
Hank Without a Home: The Unethical Behavior of Californication’s Hank Moody
Hank Moody, the protagonist of Californication, represents a very unusual type of anti-hero to root for: he’s neither a stylish-yet-troubled… Read more Hank Without a Home: The Unethical Behavior of Californication’s Hank Moody
There’s No “Genius” without “Gin”
Looking at the history of American literature, it’s easy to conclude that perhaps its brightest epoch shined during the times… Read more There’s No “Genius” without “Gin”
The Superreality of Cinema and Television
How to understand that most of the best pieces of cinema and television (and for that matter, the best… Read more The Superreality of Cinema and Television
Acquainted #15 – Hipsterantropos
Vampires, zombies, and werewolves might be creatures to dread as figments of imagination and erotic elements of the modern Zeitgeist,… Read more Acquainted #15 – Hipsterantropos
Acquainted #14 – Intoxicating
There was a girl who could erase the past, a power that she loved to use for the sake and… Read more Acquainted #14 – Intoxicating
La Vie Est Nice in Nice
I won’t tell this story the way it happened. I will tell it the way I remember it, because that’s… Read more La Vie Est Nice in Nice
Dancer
Look at her. Just look at her. Her adagio is too fast, too sloppy. Her feet entangle in pointe. When… Read more Dancer
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